Transient nature of late Pleistocene climate variability

Nature

Volumn 456, Issue 7219, 2008, Pages 226-230

  Crowley, Thomas J ^a   Hyde, William T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBEDO; CLIMATE VARIATION; ECCENTRICITY; GLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; GLACIATION; ICE COVER; ICE SHEET; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PALEOCLIMATE; PLEISTOCENE;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CLIMATE; GLACIATION; NATURAL SCIENCE; PLEISTOCENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 56249083544     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature07365     Document Type: Article

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